I think it's to say "hey did you know we are fricking huge!!" - that's why I like to say our numbers, it's an accomplishment and something to be proud of. It a

I think it's to say "hey did you know we are fricking huge!!" - that's why I like to say our numbers, it's an accomplishment and something to be proud of. It also gives comfort to bigger users / potential users ... you're not going to be worried about using Disqus on your site with 100s of thousands of daily users when you know they eat that number for breakfast.